-Livemint.com The line, connecting Hubballi and Ankola, poses a risk to 2,500 endemic species. On March 20, the controversial Hubballi-Ankola railway line project was cleared at the Karnataka State Wildlife Board meeting in Bengaluru amid protests from members. The proposed 164.44-km line will pass through the Western Ghats, a United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organisation World Heritage Site, and see felling of 2.2 lakh trees, a move that has been opposed...
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Telangana sees reverse flow of migrant workers from Bihar -KV Kurmanath
-The Hindu Business Line Hiring labourers from Bihar for paddy milling work Hyderabad: Even as thousands of migrant labourers are home-bound in the special Shramik trains, about 350 labourers from Bihar have arrived at Lingampally railway Station here. They are here to work at rice mills in the State. They are being sent to rice mills in six districts. “We are expecting about 5-6,000 of them in the next 3-4 days,” Narender, President...
More »This Centre is a collection centre -Anita Joshua
-The Telegraph Migrant fiasco: Part II unfolds The decision to squeeze some money out of the mass movement of migrants blew up in the Centre’s face on Monday, prompting it to try and shift the blame to state governments. But the paper trail shows that states were asked to “collect the ticket fare” and hand over the amount to the Indian railways. This is the second time the Narendra Modi government is finding...
More »Shramik Specials: railways say ‘sending States’ will have to pay ticket costs
-The Hindu It was up to the States to decide how to fund this cost, states the national transporter. The railways on Monday said the “sending States” should pay them for transporting migrant workers on Shramik Specials and it was up to them to decide how to fund this cost. “As per the guidelines issued, the sending State will pay the consolidated fare to railways. Sending State may decide to bear this cost...
More »BJP says 85% fare subsidy for special trains: Harping on a mere technicality? - Soumya Chatterjee
-TheNewsMinute.com Migrant workers in many parts of the country are being made to pay Rs 1000 to Rs 1400 per head to return home. It’s the season for politics over train tickets, even as migrant workers across the country are confused, and struggling to reach home. The BJP on Monday claimed that the Indian railways has subsidised 85% of ticket fare for special trains being run to transport migrant workers. It’s only...
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